Job 18:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 18:13

11 ^aTerrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet.

12 His strength is starved,
And ^adestruction is ready at his side.

13 It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his¹ limbs.

14 He is uprooted from ^athe shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.

15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

16 ^aHis roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.

17 ^aThe memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name¹ among the renowned.

18 ¹He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.

19 ^aHe has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

20 Those¹ in the west are astonished ^aat his day,
As those¹ in the east are frightened.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who ^adoes not know God.”

Verse Comparison: Job 18:13

American Standard Version
The members of his body shall be devoured, `Yea', the first-born of death shall devour his members.

Amplified® Bible
By disease his strength {and} his skin shall be devoured; the firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] shall consume his limbs.

Contemporary English Version
then afterwards to be eaten alive by death itself.

Darby English Version
The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.

Good News Bible
A deadly disease spreads over their bodies and causes their arms and legs to rot.

King James Version
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

New American Standard Bible
"His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

New International Version
It eats away parts of his skin;
death's firstborn devours his limbs.

New King James Version
It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"His skin becomes devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Revised Standard Version
By disease his skin is consumed, the first-born of death consumes his limbs.

Young's Literal Translation
It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.

New English Translation
It eats away parts of his skin;¹ the most terrible death² devours his limbs.